The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 45. — A Clothes-line Reel. time-saving devices, for the neighbors, should proveprofitable. The reel consists of two strips of wood sixteen inches 50 PROFITABLE PASTIMES long by three inches wide for the sides, and two piecesof broom-handles sixteen inches long for the horizontalrods (see Fig. 45). Five inches from each end of theside-pieces, bore a hole the size of the broom-handle. With the pieces thus prepared it is a simple matterto fit them together, as in the illustration, placing the. Fig. 46. — Broom and D
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 45. — A Clothes-line Reel. time-saving devices, for the neighbors, should proveprofitable. The reel consists of two strips of wood sixteen inches 50 PROFITABLE PASTIMES long by three inches wide for the sides, and two piecesof broom-handles sixteen inches long for the horizontalrods (see Fig. 45). Five inches from each end of theside-pieces, bore a hole the size of the broom-handle. With the pieces thus prepared it is a simple matterto fit them together, as in the illustration, placing the. Fig. 46. — Broom and Dust-pan Rack. broom-handles in the holes bored for them, and fasten-ing them so the side-pieces are nine inches apart and ahandle five inches long projects on either side. It isprobably needless to say that the ends of the broom-sticks are held in the hands when operating the Broom and Dust-pan Rack is a handy article for the THE BOY ABOUT THE HOUSE 51 kitchen or broom-closet, and can be made as shown InFig. 46. A rack to hold a large and small broom, dust-pan, andbrush, should measure three feet long, three inches wide,and be made out of a seven-eighths-inch board. Bevelthe edges and place four brass hooks in the front, asshown In the drawing, from which to hang the broom,dust-pan, etc. Brooms should always be dampened and put away,handle down, according to the advice of an old broom-maker, who claims that by so doing the straws are keptfrom becoming brittle and the broom lasts much longer.
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